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Originally, these categories were very basic and Laban himself referred mostly to Eukinetics - which is his effort studies - and Choreutics - which is Spatial Harmony theory. His student Irmgard Bartenieff later further elaborated these categories in four - Body, Effort, Shape and Space - and this system, known as BESS is commonly taught today.
Dance theory is the philosophy underpinning contemporary dance, including formal ideologies, aesthetic concepts, and technical attributes. [1] It is a fairly new field of study, developing largely in the 20th century. It can be considered a branch of expression theory [2] and is closely related to music theory and specifically musicality. [3]
Rudolf Laban presenting his notation system, circa 1929 Dance workshop based on Laban's notation system, circa 1929. Labanotation (grammatically correct form "Labannotation" or "Laban notation" is uncommon) is a system for analyzing and recording human movement (notation system), invented by Austro-Hungarian choreographer and dancer Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958, a central figure in European ...
It is widely regarded as the first codified modern dance technique, [3] and strongly influenced the later techniques of Merce Cunningham, Lester Horton, and Paul Taylor. [4] [5] [6] Graham technique is based on the opposition between contraction and release, a concept based on the breathing cycle which has become a "trademark" of modern dance ...
Choreography for the Spanish dance Cachucha, described using dance notation. Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself.
A group of figures in front of a window, formed by dance students at Laban's Choreographic Institute in Berlin-Grunewald (November 1929).. Laban was the son of Rudolf Laban Sr. (1843–1907), a military governor in Pressburg (Pozsony) [2] and (from 1899) field marshal in the Austro-Hungarian Army in the provinces of Bosnia-Herzegovina, [9] and Marie (née Bridling; 1858–1926). [2]
Irmgard Bartenieff (February 24, 1900 – August 27, 1981) was a German-born American dance theorist, dancer, choreographer, physical therapist, and a leading pioneer of dance therapy. A student of Rudolf Laban , she pursued cross-cultural dance analysis, and generated a new vision of possibilities for human movement and movement training.
The practice/theory is based on universal patterns of nature and of man as part of a universal design/order and was named by Laban: Space Harmony or Choreutics. Laban, who laid the foundation for Laban Movement Analysis , was interested in the series of natural sequences of movements that we follow in our various everyday activity. [ 1 ]